Electric switch.



E. M. CARR.

ELECTRIC SWITCH. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 14, 190B.

Patented Mar. 2, 1909.

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Application fdd I izzrch i l, 1908.

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Specification of Letters Patsnz.

Patented March 2, 1909.

Serial 1 0. 421,00.

I i i indio ia, hsvs invcnlod certain new and uselul l1i1:'\')"$63;12ll1 which time following is a specification.

The ohjscl. of my invention to provide a device to placed in a. service circuit, preferably cicsc to pole or other support and suspended in tho lino of onc of the elec- -tric conductors of on clcctric circuii suppiyingg" cloc trinity to a.v consumer, so that the current- EHW' he turned or on at any time entering;- consinncfs premises or disturbing or disronnciting any wires.

'ihc accoinpsrying drmvings illusorate in invention. v I

Figurc i" an nndor plan view of the switch and the flops! connections for suspendingit in the line; Fig. 2' 2. section; 3 is a section at right angles to F Fig. 4 s perspective on smaller scale shoii the switch. arranged in one sidc of the coiisnmsrs 01 Point loading from inzini feeders,

and Fig. 5 is dct aii of a key. 1

In the drawings and 11 indicate ii pair of metallic members each of which is prcfcrably provided its outer end with on eye 12 through \v lCll thc conduct r13 may he passed. the conductor 13 is preferably insulated I consider it advisable, in order to insure hettcr contact than ivould he possible by merely having: the (JOYJKlUCtOl' at oyc 12, to provide each of lk-f niemhors IO and 1} with a binding post 14.- lo receive the. mid of the adjacent, sonductor 13.

Threaded transversely through the, inner and of member 10 is 2. contact *rcvr 25 seat in av contact scat l6 formed in rho irnor end of inenihci' in order to proi'cc one outsr end of the screw 15 member 10 s provided with 2. sleeve 17 Within which screw 15 is mounted and this sleeve. is threaded 120 roccivs a. cover or cap 18 provided with a packing 19 3o niche the. st uctin'e .vsisr tig'lil The inner ends of members 10 and 11 arc embedded in an insuloiing biocl; 20 which hoids them in fixes. relation to, out insulated from, each oti'isr except contact is made through screw in order so insnrs against i m'eier'to for; members 1G and 1 s1; their inns. ends so is they msy ovshr o and 1 also provide each in Electric E-nvilrhes, cl"

of said members, at its inner end, with one or more transversely extending hooks or lingers 2i which lie within the block 20 and resist the pull of conductors 13.

In nm'nuliiclure, screw 1-5 is moved into si'igsgenient Wllil seat 16 and the ports are i then 6I'llli\;(l(i5 4i in 8- plastic which will harden. r

, to form hlocl; 20 the plasgic being preferably 7 molded Hlid) a round hall to give neatness of appearance.

(Bl course the block 20 may be formed in any other desirable manner without departingfrom my invention.

In order to prevent tampering with screw 15 I prefer to so form it as to require a special key for its manipulation sndof course any special form m be adopted. In the drawings I have shown screw 15 provided, at its outer end, inside sleeve 17, with a cross pin adapted to he received-in a slot 23 of a socket key 24.

In use she device! is connected into one side of a circuit at any desired point, for instance at the pole supporting the s rloin feeder Wires at the point where the service circuit is taken oli, and by turning}; screw 15 into or out oi. seat 343 the service circuit may be established or broken without entering the premises of obs consumer. The members l0 and 11 being embedded in the block 20 at. the point of possible contact, (1'.

screw l5 and scal 16') these parts are thoroughlv protected from the weather and there is no d anger of short circuiting with moisture.

I claim :is my lHVPDtlUIlZ- i. A switch comprising a. pair (if-conduciors lmving adjacent portions embedded in an insulator, and a mo able membsr carried by one of said conductors and adopted to be moved. into and out of contact with the other conduct-or.

2. A ivch comprising a pair of conductors having adjacent portions embedded in an insulator, and {i movable nicnihci' carried by one of said conductors and adapted to he moved into and out of contact with the other conducior Within the insuliilor.

A s. itch comprising 2; pair of ovcrisppins bin" electrically sspsrated conductors, an insulator ronmciing and embedding the overlapping rmrlions of lzhc conductors; a conductor screw lhrcsdcd through one of soid conductors and adapted O.C0ntl10l;-

NH-ii orhcr within rho ei'nhedding insuator.

each having transversely extendin fingers,

- an insulator connecting andernbe ding the overlapping portions of the conductors, a

conductor screw threaded through one of said conductors and adapted to contact with the other within the embedding insulator.

5.- A switch comprising a pair of overlap ping but electrically separated conductors,

an insulator connecting and embedding the overlapping portions of the conductors, a

conductor screw "threaded throughone of; said'conductors and adaptedto contact with the other within the embedding insulator I screw.

' and means for protecting the outer end of J said screw.

6. A switch comprising a pair of overlapping but electrically separated conductors each having transversely extending fingers, an insulator connecting and embedding the overlapping portions of the conductors, a "conductorscrew.. threaded through one of said conductors and. adapted to contact with thig other within the embedding insulator and means for protecting the outer end of said 7. A switch comprising "a pairi of conductors having. adj acentportions embeddedin [an insulator, and a movable member carried by one .ofsaid conductors and adapted to be moved intov and'out of contact with'the other conductor, and an 'eye and a bindingpost fl carried by each of said conductors at its outer end.

'an'insulator, and movable member carried 18; A switch cemprisir'ig a pair ofconduc tors having adjacent portions embedded in by one-of said'conduc'tors and adapted to be mQVed-into' and out ofjcontactwith the other conducton'within the insulator, and an eye and a'bi nding postcarried by each of said fc'onductors atits outer end.

9. A-switch comprising a pair of overlap ping but electrically separated conductors,

' an insulator connecting and embedding the overlapping portions of the'condu'ctors, a

enductor screw threaded through one of the other within the embedding insulator, and an eye and a binding post carried by each of said conductors at its outer end.

10. A switch comprising a pair of overlapping but electrically separated conductors each having transversely extending fingers, an. insulator connecting and embedding the overlapping portions of the conductors, a conductor screw threaded through one of said conductors and adapted to contact with and an eye and a binding post carried by each of said conductors at its outer end.

11. A switch comprising a pair of overlapping but electrically separated conductors,

overlapping. portions of the conductors, a

the other within the embedding insulator and means for protecting the outer endof said screw, and an eye and a binding post outer end.

12. A switch comprising a pair ofoverlapl ping but electrically separated conductors an insulator connecting and embeddingthe carried by each outer end.

MORY M. CARR. tl f' Witnesses p JAiins H. FIsHEP ARTHUR T. Wane.

conductor screw threaded through one 'of. said'conductors and adapted to contact with carried by each of said conductors at-i ts said conductors and adapted to contact with .the other within the embedding insulator,

an insulator connecting and embedding the i In witness whereof, I, have hereunto 'setf' .myhand and seal at Newcastle, Indiana, thi SXDlIlthdELY of March, A; D..o'ne thousand nine hundred and eight. 1 

